Grant History
The Community Foundation staff dedicates most of each week engaging with donors, nonprofit leaders, and residents of Tompkins County to identify assets, challenges, and ways to improve the quality of life for all in our beloved community. Gifts of all sizes to the Tompkins Today & Tomorrow Fund are improving lives through grants. Make a difference right here at home.
Awarded Grants
Now in our 25th year with over $35 million in over 8,000 grants, the Community Foundation is the leading public grant maker in Tompkins County. Grants from the Foundation’s endowment and other charitable resources are donated by generous people addressing emerging concerns and critical, unresolved problems identified by the community.
2024 Grants by Program Area
2023 Grants by Program Area
2022 Grants by Program Area
2021 Grantees and Programs
COVID-19 Response Fund Grantees
2020 Grantees & Programs
2019 Grantees & Programs
2019 Grantees Map by Program Areas
Every grant represents the current philanthropic goals and interests of our donors, as well as the priorities and strategies of the Community Foundation Board of Directors. We gain information from nonprofit leaders and residents who live or work here. Also we hold bi-weekly meetings with the Tompkins County Funders group (local public and private grant makers). Our grants are informed by many communication methods.
The Community Foundation serves as a repository for permanent gifts, no matter how great or small, from all who have lived or worked in — and care about — Tompkins County.
Grants in Review
January 1-September 30, 2025 – Current Year (updated quarterly*)
2025 Grants by Program Areas 3Q25<CLICK HERE (next report in January 2026)
| Community Foundation Grants | % Of $ | $ Area Amount | # Of Grants | % Of # Of Grants | |||
| Arts & Culture | 19% | $426,064 | 113 | 20% | |||
| Community Building | 42% | $965,936 | 178 | 32% | |||
| Education | 9% | $202,387 | 65 | 12% | |||
| Environment/Sustainability | 5% | $106,185 | 32 | 6% | |||
| Health & Human Services | 25% | $580,361 | 167 | 30% | |||
| Total (All Areas) | $2,280,933 | 555 | |||||
| *next report scheduled for JAN 2026 | |||||||
2024 – Most Recently Completed Fiscal Year
2024 Grants & Programs thru 4Q24 <CLICK HERE
| Community Foundation Grants | % Of $ | $ Area Amount | # Of Grants | % Of # Of Grants | ||
| Arts & Culture | 11% | $645,425 | 159 | 23% | ||
| Community Building | 30% | $1,759,347 | 193 | 28% | ||
| Education | 16% | $909,559 | 76 | 11% | ||
| Environment/Sustainability | 9% | $521,690 | 42 | 6% | ||
| Health & Human Services | 34% | $1,948,163 | 221 | 32% | ||
| Total (All Areas) | $5,784,184 | 691 | ||||
2000-2024 — From Inception through Most Recently Completed Fiscal Year
| Community Foundation Grants | % Of $ | $ Area Amount | # Of Grants | % Of # Of Grants | ||
| Arts & Culture | 18% | $5,954,077 | 1,736 | 23% | ||
| Community Building | 30% | $9,979,267 | 1,860 | 25% | ||
| Education | 11% | $3,652,721 | 871 | 11% | ||
| Environment/Sustainability | 7% | $2,145,460 | 432 | 6% | ||
| Health & Human Services | 34% | $11,218,855 | 2,663 | 35% | ||
| Total (All Areas) | $32,950,380 | 7,562 |
